The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-26
A DIALOGUE AROUND THE DOCKS.

Dukes p(a)laceT
"Not l." says Ned, IT worn't thar
for two good solid reasons. The first
is, l didn't get an invite, and the
next is, l don't assimilate with the
Horse Marines and the naval pre-
serves. The fact is, don't 60 cent
on dancing hornpipe these times,
the thermometer at 80 degrees and
the whole "caboozlum" tainted with
so much red tape. l don't feel quite
so skittish as did thirty years ago,
when was a-whaling in the Okotsch
Sea, and the thermometer about ~
degrees below zero. ] leave all that
kind OF business to those naval ducks
who took lessons in their early days
from French dancing master, in
stead of shining up to the royal
masthead with u slush pot slung
around their neck with a rope yarn"
"Well, / tell you what it is, Ned"
said his more favored companion,
"you missed good thing. To see
Grizzley and his partner, with Sam
(you .know Sam Goody-Goody, of
course), and his brunette, trying to
chassey through n quadrille, was n
sight that was good for sore eyes.
But that worn't all. The best Of the
| fun was when our nautical swells es'
sayed to take turn round the room
in the latest Parisian style to the
tune of Strauss Blue Danube (Ber-
ger was u giving it to them hot and
strong, in order to see what they
were made oO. Well, the Admiral
took so many turns in to himself,
that he couldn't straighten up when
he stopped" A Savant, CHATS one
of those ere fellows who attend those
kind of things regularly, and pre-
tends to know all about iD, sitting
next to me said, "Why, bless me,
why does he not take turn round
the other way, and thereby counter
act the effect of the rotary motion
in which he has just been indulg-
ing?" Says l, "young man, you
mustn't be surprised at anything
these days. The Admiral, as they
call him, may he good looking fel.
low in his own estimation, but he don't
know enough TO get out OF his own
way. l saw him the other day trying
to show one of those ere Cadet boys
how to take the turns out of II new
coil of rope, alongside the naval dug
out, but the result was, he got the
coil into such confused cntangle
ment, that he finally had to haul ou
his jack-knife and cut it up in short
lengths. Just at this moment, Jo'
came along and asked him, what HI
was doing. Says the Admiral to Joe
with an air OF indifference, knowing
that the Paymaster knew nothin:
about nautical economy, says he
"Why, don't you see l am cuttin!
this rope up for reef-points for tn
main sky-sail."
81 see" says Joe, moving alonl
with know-all-about-it kind of
, nod.
Ned chips in here something t
to this effect "You commenced t.
spin yarn about the hop, and nov
you are sheering off on another tao
altogether"
BEG PARDON" said Ned's compa
: Mon, "to resume the original sui
ject, let me tell you something abou
the supper that followed the jig. TIL
whole ships company had white kid
on, and the youngsters, not thinkin
: it worth while to take them off willis
eating, proceeded to dissect Il toug
old rooster that was planted betwee
them. Not wishing to make an
bones about it, one of them took
hold of one leg, and the other hol
of wing, and tore the bird to piece
> in grand style, adding that finger
l were made before knives and fork
, Feeling like taking little poi
;. lubricate their throats, they inserte
their gloved digits into the poi bow
and felt happy. The visitors smile'
q OF course, and began to wonder VIII:
, kind of society they were in. Bl
enough about the ball and its SUI
roundings, let's go back to the ship
e BY this time Ned and his chul
/. had reached the Pacific Mail doc
when Ned's eagle eye caught sigl
of three large boats on the whar
0 partly covered with an old sail. Sa!
9 Ned, "Why, / am blest if here ain
o three of somebody's racing craft
Surely it cannot be that they a
r going to break them up"
h "Break them up" chimed in h
n friend, mot they indeed. That wou
. . be extravaganza in the extrem
y Those boats are going to be put in
r. practical use. That l6-oared BAR
at is for the special use of the Admir-
when he makes an official landing
.. Apia. The other one alongside Il
ID barge, is to be handed over to Ne
ID the Ambassador, for his private III
- and the smaller, one is only to
- used in cases of emergency"
N Mt's all very WE'LL" says Ned, K"
le have barge, a cutter, and 6-oar
IL racing gig, but what's the vend
:. going to do without boat to !
~ name"
|, "Why, Ned, / gave you credit
It knowing a thing or two about he
- things are done nowadays, in ord
y" to carry out the strictest rules
a economy in every department Dol
s. you see, you greenhorn, that Il
= owner never won II race with any
:. those boats, and wishing to get I
i of them, he embraced the opport
Of nifty OF selling them cheap, and wi
10 the proceeds thereof he can buy
:. new lot of boats of the latest il
80 proved model. Nothing like &c
er nomy."